KimballTN
A town of 1,633, settled in 1890.
Is Kimball a good place to live?
Kimball’s best subject grade is an A+ for cost of living; its weakest is a D for health. Only 13 of Tennessee’s 292 towns score higher on cost of living. Kimball's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 86% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Kimball Park, at 59 acres. Kimball has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Kimball stand out
Where Kimball beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Jobs vs. working residents
Typical home value
Every workday, about 1,534 people come to Kimball for work
Where Kimball’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Kimball grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Tennessee), ordered by how far Kimball is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Kimball: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Kimball, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Kimball.
A job hub: Kimball has 2.5 jobs for every working resident and draws in 1,534 commuters
Most working residents leave Kimball for work: only 7% work in town. 6.9% of residents live below the poverty line in Kimball, where Tennessee’s towns sit at 14% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Since 2013, Kimball has added 139 jobs, to 1,578 in 2023.
| Kimball | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 6.9% | 14% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 6.7% | 9.5% | 11% |
| Median household income | $61,000 | $61,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 6.9% | 12% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimball Christian Academy PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–7 | Grades PK–7 | 92 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TN on state tests and graduation
On CDC estimates, Kimball is less healthy than 94% of U.S. towns
Kimball beats the Tennessee average on 0 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 13. 22% of adults smoke cigarettes in Kimball, against 19% in Tennessee’s towns and 14% across U.S. towns. 18% of Kimball adults report frequent physical distress.
| Kimball | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 19% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 29% | 23% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 24% | 19% |
| What stands out | Kimball | TN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 23.4% | 14.6% |
| More adults with COPD | 11.8% | 8.6% |
| More smokers | 22.2% | 17.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Crime per resident in Kimball is higher than in 75% of U.S. towns
Kimball’s property crime rate is 25.3 per 1,000 residents. Only 2 of the 135 Tennessee towns we compare have a lower violent crime rate than Kimball.
| Kimball | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 25.3 per 1,000 residents | 11.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 2.6 | 1.6 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Mild winters and pleasant summers in Kimball
Kimball has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 30° and about 4 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Kimball’s typical home value is about $269K
The typical Kimball home is worth about $269,000, down 1.5% in a year, 19% below the Tennessee typical home. The median rent in Kimball is $754 a month.
| Kimball | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $754 a month | $947 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 71% | 66% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Inland flooding leads a high hazard risk in Kimball
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 61% of U.S. communities. Since 2003, 8 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Kimball.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Kimball | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.6% | 1.8% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Kimball Park | 0.2 mi | 59 |
| 2. Battle Creek Public Hunting Area | — | 16 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Lookout Mountain and 18 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Kimball. Close and well known come first.
20 mi MountainLookout Mountain
19 mi WaterfallRuby Falls
5 mi Park & preserveNickajack Cave32 mi CaveEllison's Cave
9 mi National MonumentRussell Cave National Monument8K visitors a year
21 mi Zoo & aquariumTennessee AquariumPhoto credits
Lookout Mountain: Teke, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ruby Falls: Oydman (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Nickajack Cave: Blueway, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Russell Cave National Monument: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tennessee Aquarium: Ɱ, CC BY-SA 4.0
Everything we know about Kimball
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Kimball; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Kimball residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Tennessee.
Kimball has grown 17% since 2010
1,395 counted in 2010 and 1,545 in 2020; an estimated 1,633 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
About Kimball
Town in Tennessee, United States
Kimball is a town in Marion County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 1,545 at the 2020 census and 1,395 in 2010. It is part of the Chattanooga, TN–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1890
- Area
- 4.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 679 ft
- Area code
- 423
Kimball’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Kimball.
| Town | TN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimball | — | — | A+ | C | C | D |
| Jasper | #73 | C+ | A | B | C | C− |
| South Pittsburg | #81 | C | A+ | B+ | C | D− |
Kimball has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Compare Kimball with a neighbor →
Questions about Kimball
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Kimball, TN expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A+.